CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0162
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 21191) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 June 1992, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21191
International designator
1991-021B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Mar 1991Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jun 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months466 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
1,434 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 3 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Jun 1992
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1991-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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